Identify someone who manages an information systems project in an organization. Describe to him or her each of the skills and activities listed in Table 3-1. Determine which items he or she is responsible for on the project. Of those he or she is responsible for, determine which are more challenging and why. Of those he or she is not responsible for, determine why not and identify who is responsible for these activities. What other skills and activities, not listed in Table 3-1, is this person responsible for in managing this project?

Table 3-1

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Activity Description Skill Influencing the activities of others toward the attainment of a common goal through the use of intelligence, personality, and abilities Getting projects completed through the effective utilization of resources Communication; liaison between management, users, and developers; assigning activities; monitoring progress Leadership Defining and sequencing activities; communicating expectations; assigning resources to activities; monitoring outcomes Interpreting system requests and specifications; site preparation and user training; contact point for customers Interpreting system requests and specifications; defining activities and their sequence; making trade-offs between alternative solutions; designing solutions to problems Problem solving; smoothing out personality differences; compromising; goal setting Communication within and between teams; peer evaluations; conflict resolution; team building; self-management Management Customer relations Working closely with customers to ensure that project deliverables meet expectations Designing and sequencing activities to attain project goals Technical problem solving Conflict management Managing conflict within a project team to assure that conflict is not too high or too low Managing the project team for effective team performance Identifying, assessing, and managing the risks and Environmental scanning; risk and opportunity identification day-to-day changes that occur during a project Team management Risk and change management and assessment; forecasting; resource redeployment